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bunco

/ˈbʌŋkoʊ/
noun
  1. A swindle or confidence trick, often involving a game or scheme to cheat someone out of money.
    • The elderly couple fell victim to a bunco scheme that promised easy money.
    • Police arrested the man for running a bunco operation at the fair.
    • She lost her savings in a bunco game that seemed too good to be true.
Synonyms
fraudscamswindle
verb
  1. To swindle or cheat someone, especially by a trick or scam.
    • They were buncoed by a smooth-talking stranger at the casino.
    • He tried to bunco his neighbor with a fake investment offer.
    • The con artist buncoed tourists out of hundreds of dollars.
Synonyms
cheatdefraud
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